The 7.6-foot-tall statue was put on display at Chinatown's historic Central Plaza on Saturday.

Larry Jung, president of the Los Angeles Chinatown Corporation, tells the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/11gC1yq ) he hopes the statue will raise awareness of Lee's history in the area. He moved to Los Angeles in the 1960s and, while playing Kato in an early TV adaptation of the "Green Hornet," he opened a martial arts studio in north Chinatown.

The statue will be on display temporarily until $150,000 is raised to permanently install the statue and add a seating area and plaques to honor other influential Chinese Americans.